Chinese New Year: 马到功成

Heeeeeeyyy everybody!!!
This is such an extremely last post I know I am so sorry!
I've been cooped up with projects and assignments that's eating up my life.
My soul is depleting Y.Y Nah just kidding, my soul never dies; never give up!!

31 January 2014

This is a CNY 2014 post, the year of the Horse.
Which is also the year of my last teenage year. Next year, I will be stepping into my early 20s. Holy shit the thought of it just... Growing up sucks :(
But the perks is that you can do lot more things than when you're young.
The sudden realisation that my parents are also growing old as I'm growing up; I see more white hair :(
So people, cherish & spend more time with your parents while you can!

About CNY, somehow I don't feel the CNY atmosphere as much as previous years, & I suspect it's because I'm getting older.
WHY WHY WHY.
Maybe I'm wrong lah but I dunno.. I only go visiting on the 1st day..
Doesn't matter, it's our New Year, we get to see our relatives & cousins.
I envy people who have cousins around their age and are close with them. Me? The closest cousin to me is the youngest cousin, which is only Primary 6 this year.
My cousins are either way older or way younger than me. I also don't talk to them because they're hard to approach. I dunno..

All along we cooked food for reunion dinner but since 2012 it had changed to steamboat. Guess the parents are tired of cooking in the morning.
But I'm more out-going towards my relatives each year, hoping to get closer to my oldest cousins!
The food was yummy! I like the dumplings it's so good!
Steamboat soup is always so delicious. I always add the prawns in first for flavouring mmMM!

My lil bro & I

Das my bro over there

A good one haha (goodness I needa close my mouth)

Turtle lil bro over there haha 

Hahah called his name & he turned

Gotcha too!

My 5th Uncle, his son, my Ah Gong on the right

Yup he is the closest cousin. Very naughty but I can converse with him even with the age gap

Greetings from the Yellows

I got bored.. My bro too..

My Korkor 's (eldest cousin) wife & his 2 sons

He's playing GTA on the iPad

Boys will be boys

Relatives

That's my Korkor! & my Ah Po :)

Interrupt for a selca

Went home and indulge myself in almond chocolates they are so delicious!!

Bro's Mahjong kakis came over to play money while I just watched TV...

3 February 2014

Finally I get to go out to visit! This time it was my Poly side.
1st house we went was Karise' house! It was my 2nd time going to her house & the Tan's hospitality was great! I've blogged about it here.
Junyuan, Jill & I were the 1st one to arrive at her house, even though I woke up late! (Okay lah not very late I still made it)
Guess punctuality is REALLY dead; it's like universal or something.
While waiting for the rest, the 4 of us played cards - Blackjack & Daiti.
Just nice maximum of 4 for Daiti.
Jason, Sam, Jackie & Amelia arrived thereafter.
Karise took out the Mahjong table so all of us can play Ban Luck and we played it with small amount of money. xP
Then after that some of them played Mahjong while I keep eating the nuggets & potato wedges Karise' mum cooked.
She also prepared chicken for us! Thank you!

We moved on to Mr Enzio's house. We didn't know how to go even though it was in a neighbourhood next to Karise'.
We cabbed there.. Heng got 8 of us so we can easily share a cab. Oh & thanks Jackie for footing the taxi fee! :D (Hope you see this)

Mr Enzio's house was pretty cool! He has a bike rack to hang 2 bicycles & 2 doors to his house.
We started playing cards with money while Junyuan & Enzio played PS4.
It was so much better to play with money because you got that rush when you won! But the Zheng Keh is always either Jackie, Sam or Jason.
Anna, Richard & Jovial came afterwards. We played another game called In Between. It was my 1st time playing but it wasn't hard to grasp the game.
In fact, I won a lot of money from this game!
I think it's more of luck bah...
I got rid of my shillings and I stopped playing because I don't wanna lost my notes. xP

Hahah Mr Enzio's daughter at the back look so cute!

The mirror has its advantages

It was an enjoyable day! Laughing and playing, my favourites!

Pity I didn't spend my CNY with my cliques nor my girlfriends... A really pity.. :(
This year no clique steamboat.. Never mind, there's always next year!!
My tests & exams are drawing nearer, so I might not be blogging for a while!
Maybe just a quick update or so ;)
Lateeerr~

Quick update #3

Merry May, isn't it?
I remember last week or the week before, I kept remarking that that particular week had past very quickly!
During lesson time, play time, resting time, time seemed to be in a rush!
And in a blink of an eye, it's already May.
May is the month where I'm taking my 'O' Level Chinese, I have to be confident in myself.
My Mother Tongue teacher, Su Lao Shi, she's very nice. She used the lesson time to teach us morals and life ambitions and target and values.

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Because at that time we were going through a comprehension, and all the Chinese comprehension, it is about values and there will be a 'moral of the story', so just nice the passage was about the writer and his 'never-give-up' attitude during his high school life.
Su Lao Shi told us that we must be optimistic, never have any negative thoughts. If we have prolong pessimism, it might plant into our head and we might live a sorrowful life.

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She also said that we must believe in ourselves.

'If you think that you can do it, you will succeed; but if you think that you can't do it, then you will fail.'

So I've been listening hard in my Chinese class, doing accordingly to what Su Lao Shi taught, and follow her examples.
My weakest is my Composition - I have to memorise the points and do more of it.
I MUST GET AT LEAST AN A2, I don't want to take it again the second time :(
I'm sick of Chinese, I just want to drop Mother Tongue.
Sometimes when I see Kaili, Jasmine and Yingjing directing their attention to other subjects, I get jealous of them.
So, with all the inspiration posters I wrote by myself, stuck on my cupboard's door, it motivates me in my studying :)
The reason why I painted my room with all sorts of colours is because I feel that with vibrant colours in my room it gives me the motivation to study.
I'm just gonna chant to myself that 'I can do it, I can do it, I can do it' whenever I feel stupid.
I think having a positive attitude has a huge impact on your studies and thinking, or even whatever you do.
I'm actually looking forward for the one week of intense revision -- whole day doing papers and more papers.
Of course it will get stressful and both Su Lao Shi and my class will get crazy during that week, but I'd like to think of the relaxing days after I dropped my Chinese. It'll be great!
If I have to do hundreds of papers before the actual exam and I can drop it, I don't mind even cutting my sleep time.
Yes, I've become hardcore now. :'( (NO I STILL PUT SLEEP AS MY FIRST PRIORITY JUST THAT IT IS A MAJOR EXAM).
Without a proper O Level certificate, I'll probably be in a low-wage job or serving people Double-Cheeseburgers with no pickles.
I have to think long-term. ^^
Oh, time management is also one key factor for a good exam grade. :)
Next semester, which is after the June holidays, there will be no first period -- lessons will be pushed forward. Which means there will be no Healthy Lifestyle; the only exercise I'm having is PE lessons.
I have to take time out for jogging.

Like just now, I went jogging after Chinese focus ^^
I bumped onto Miss Milhan and Mdm Rekha at my block carpark as turned in. xD
I feel that I do not have enough exercise and my legs are getting bigger :( (I am appearance conscious and I want to maintain my body :B).
Exercising releases sweat, and that is a good way to release toxins.
For those youngsters who have trouble with your skin right, pass motion helps to release toxins from your body, from all the oily food and fried food you ate, everyday is a recommended way to release the dirty substance from your body.
My doctor told me that if the toxins did not come out from your bottom, it has no where to go so it goes to your skin. So regulate your bowel movement for your health benefits ^^

Last year already, chiong ah!